by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Belles journées, souris du temps, Vous rongez peu à peu ma vie. Dieu! Je vais avoir vingt-huit ans, Et mal vécus, à mon envie.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La Souris", op. 17a no. 11 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 11
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Souris", appears in Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 11, first published 1911
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The mouse", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 24